UNSPSC 70121501: Dairy herd management

UNSPSC 70121501 Dairy herd management is a Commodity code that in recent practice spans the supply and delivery of milk, dairy products, and ice cream to state institutions and agency facilities, not operational herd management. The State of Rhode Island, Division of Purchases, has posted two substantially identical Master Price Agreement solicitations (QLVM26006770 and QLVM26006597) establishing Qualified Vendor Lists for milk in multiple sizes, milk-based products such as yogurt and cottage cheese, and frozen desserts to supply Eleanor Slater Hospital, correctional institutions, training schools, and veterans' homes. The code sees activity from state purchasing offices and county park departments. Vendors must hold current food processor licenses, maintain Food Safety Manager certifications, and comply with temperature and federal Public Health Service standards; awarded vendors pay a one-percent transaction fee to EasiBuy, LLC, and submit quarterly billing and shipment reports. Rhode Island solicitations carry MBE/WBE/VBE participation requirements with a 10 percent minimum award target.

Recent activity concentrates in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. The State of Rhode Island posted two dairy product supply solicitations with response deadlines of June 9, 2026, and July 2, 2026, respectively, covering estimated annual volumes ranging from 3,271 units of ice cream to 207,669 units of milk across three product groups, with pricing for fresh milk tied to the Class I Price of the Boston Regional Marketing Area, Zone 21 NEMA. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, issued an RFP on April 27, 2026 (due May 28, 2026) for farming operations and management services at Norristown Farm Park—a 409.9-acre leased property where the scope nominally aligns with "dairy herd management" but centers on crop, hay, and regenerative agricultural operations rather than dairy animal husbandry. Two unrelated opportunities—the City of Albuquerque's Alamo Field farming RFP (due April 16, 2026) and the City of Lubbock's South Water Treatment Plant site farm lease ITB (due March 17, 2026)—were similarly tagged with this code but address crop farming and land management, not dairy production. The code shows little genuine recent activity in dairy herd management as traditionally defined; the dominant signal is Rhode Island's recurring institutional dairy product supply contracts.